The NY Fashion District in the 1960s

Very nice vintage photo's from The NY Fashion District in the 1960s.

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Bicycle Lifestyle In New York

Preferred Mode is a website about NY bike style, by photographer Sam Polcer. Makes me want to go back.

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Very Dramatic

Yello live in NY, 1983. Very dramatic. Very experimental. Very avant-garde. But hey ... video's. That's nice.

Yes ... I Could Also Live Here

NY ofcourse, the Lafayette Street Townhouse. For rent right now, for a mere $ 80.000 a month. Beyonce's video for Halo was shot here. I would pick different furniture though.

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NY Cab Pin-Up Calendar

NYC Taxi Drivers 2014 Beefcake Calendar. Cab drivers posing as pin-ups. Hilarious. I would buy the calendar.

Photographed by Shannon McLaughlin and Philip Kirkman.

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Banksy's Protest Against The Meat Industry

Banksy is in NY, creating street art, video's and performances. This is Sirens Of The Lambs, a protest against the meat industry.

CBGB’s: The Roots Of Punk

Cool vintage footage from CBGB's NY.

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Is It A Window Washer Or A Window Cleaner?

To be honest? I don't give a shit ... Wow! This is a creepy job whatever you want to call it. Following his words: A Window Cleaner in NY.

Lost In Manhattan

Lost in Manhattan by Gunther Gheeraert. Beautiful video.

Lost in Manhattan from Gunther Gheeraert on Vimeo.

Die Wunderkammer - Objects Of Virtue

Oh, how I would love to be in NY at the moment. Cool show!

"Die Wunderkammer; Objects of Virtue. Curated by Jason Patrick Voegele and Keith Schweitzer of Republic Worldwide. This wondrous exhibition is installed at a new gallery called The Lodge at 131 Chrystie Street in New York City.

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Humans Of New York

A very fun collection of humans of NY.

"Humans of New York is an amazing project born in the mind & hands of Brandon Stanton with the idea of creating a giant portrait of what New York look like everyday. but after talking to a couple of strangers, shooting their best angle, Brandon realized that his project had a quite other dimension, and that a sentence or a quote can give a human side to this aesthetic serie. 2 years and a half now, and the tumblr still fascinates us. Discover a selection here, and way more on tumblr"

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The Underbellly Project

Wow! The Underbelly Project, a contemporary art time capsule, this is a statement 'an sich'.

"For 100 years, a massive subway station sat unfinished, unused, undiscovered.

Over the course of a year, artists were secretly escorted into that station to leave their creative mark.

Unobstructed by the pressures of commercial sales, email or daily routines, each artist painted for one full night.

The original entrance has since been removed and darkness has reclaimed the station. It has become an elusive pirate treasure of contemporary art."

Velvet Underground & New York

The Velvet Underground Map Of New York City. A very nice post. A couple of locations most identified with the band. And ofcourse the music. This is one of my favorites.

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Salvador Dali In NY

Jack Bond’s 1965 documentary Dali In New York.

SD from Turk Madison on Vimeo.

Empty Subway Stations In NY

Never saw something like this before ... thank you Sandy :s.

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New York By Day And By Night

NY by day AND by night, yes, at the same time. By Philip Stockton.

New York: Night and Day from Philip Stockton on Vimeo.

David Byrne Bike Racks

Nice!

"Is there anything this city won't do for renaissance man David Byrne? The former Talking Head has been helping out with the DOT's search for new bike rack designs, and recently got inspired to sketch some imaginary bike racks named for New York neighborhoods and locations. Then, voila; David's dream is manifest, as he explains on his blog: "To my surprise, [the DOT] responded by saying, 'If you make these we'll put them up.' Holy Moses! I was over the moon — what happened to the legendary red tape and years of bureaucratic haggling I was supposed to go through?""

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The Mosaic Man

For over thirty years, Jim Power a.k.a. Mosaic Man has been transforming the Lower East Side of Manhattan with mosaics, one lamppost at a time.

Jim Power and the Mosaic Trail from Etsy on Vimeo.

Historic Black And White Photos Of New York City

Photos from the newly released database of the New York City Municipal Archives. Their collection numbers some 2.2 million images of New York in the twentieth century, from which, 870,000 photos have been made available for public use.

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